Syracuse woman wins mobile contest to appear on TNT's NBA halftime show with Barkley and Shaq

Tamara Serrao poses with former NBA star Charles Barkley. Serrao won a national contest to fly to Atlanta and appear on TNT's halftime show during Monday night's coverage of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference playoff series between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.Photo courtesy of Tamara Serrao

Tamara Serrao arrived in Atlanta on Monday morning and will appear in studio during halftime of TNT's coverage of Game 4 of a NBA Eastern Conference semifinal matchup between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.

Coverage on TNT starts at 7 p.m.

The Syracuse woman submitted her name in a mobile contest back in February and last week found out she was headed to Atlanta on an early flight out of Syracuse on Monday morning.

"I'm still in shock," she said.

Serrao said she came across the contest on Facebook and simply texted the word "basketball" to the phone number for the contest.

She arrived in Atlanta around 8:30 a.m. Monday. Serrao packed a gray Syracuse T-shirt and said she will wear the shirt during her appearance on the set with the TNT studio gang, which features ex-NBA players Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal.

"I wanna get a lot of pictures," Serrao said.

Tamara Serrao on the TNT set in Atlanta. Photo courtesy of Tamara Serrao

The all-expenses paid trip includes a two-night stay at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, a spa day, dinner with Bryan Lindsay (a sports sponsorship coordinator at Turner Sports) and limo transportation to each destination.